Push-button start has moved quickly from luxury extra to everyday standard, yet many drivers still treat it as a simple on/off switch. By 2018, about 62% of cars sold in the U.S. already came with ...

Automatic engine stop‑start was sold as a painless way to cut emissions and fuel bills, a tiny software trick that would shut ...

Today’s vehicles are designed to maximize fuel economy in numerous ways. One such feature is the automatic start/stop function that shuts off the engine when your car is idling and restarts it when ...

The automatic start-stop system on modern automobiles comes with all the good intentions, but it can be annoying, as well. Research suggests that completely shutting off the car (even for brief spells ...

The leader of the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rolling back the automatic start-stop feature in cars. The start-stop technology was implemented in more cars following federal regulations ...

With so many buttons in modern cars, most drivers avoid touching anything they don’t recognise, just in case it does ...